A skinny high school kid hitting a three pointer is as exciting as hell.
A college kid hitting a basket from mid court is pretty exciting too. You don't see that very often either.
But an NBA player doing a layup shot when he's almost as tall as the backboard with a slight leap is so ho-hum routine.
They ought to raise the height of the basket as the level of competition moves up.
some have proposed raising the basket to 12’ in the NBA and widening the court. The players have gotten so big that there is no room to move around ... the game has changed.